Cruising Log for NB Be‐Bop.

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Date: Distance: 🛈 Locks: 🛈 Elevation: 🛈 Location: Remarks:
(Tuesday, 00:00 @1356998400)
00321Hungerford.Here overnight. Update: (v2.0) Froxfield Locks aren't now opening till the New Year — . [Arrived: . Waterway: Kennet & Avon]
(Friday, 17:00 @1357923600)
2.13354Froxfield.Here ovenight.
(Saturday, 11:30 @1357990200)
2.46386Great Bedwyn.Here for a couple of weeks.
(Sunday, 16:30 @1359304200)
2.610429Wolfhall Bridge, Top of Crofton Locks.Here overnight.
(Monday, 15:30 @1359387000)
5.24416Pewsey Wharf.Here for a couple of days.
(Tuesday, 17:00 @1360688400)
6.310429Crofton Pumping Station.Here overnight.
(Thursday, 12:00 @1360843200)
1.84386Great Bedwyn.Here for a couple of weeks.
(Monday, 16:00 @1364227200)
4.410321Hungerford Town.Here for a day or so. Heading for Newbury for Easter.
(Tuesday, 17:30 @1364319000)
8.010251Northcroft Footbridge, Newbury.Here overnight.
(Wednesday, 12:30 @1364387400)
0.61248Greenham Island, Newbury.Here for a day or so. [Waterway: River Kennet]
(Thursday, 16:00 @1364486400)
3.25220Thatcham.Here till after Easter.
(Tuesday, 17:30 @1364920200)
2.73194Woolhampton.Here overnight.
(Wednesday, 13:00 @1364990400)
1.21185Froud's Bridge Marina.Here for a week, hopefully no longer1. In for engine repairs.
(Saturday, 15:30 @1376749800)
4.35154Theale.Hurragh! Finally escaped from the crummy marina. Here for a few days.
(Friday, 15:30 @1377268200)
0.41147Theale.Moved to turn around. Here for a few days. No longer on the moorings.
(Tuesday, 15:30 @1380033000)
3.24171Padworth.Here for a while.
(Friday, 12:30 @1380281400)
3.75205Midgham Lock.Here for a week or so.
(Saturday, 12:45 @1382183100)
1.51219Thatcham.Here till Wednesday.
(Wednesday, 18:00 @1382547600)
0.00220Thatcham.Here overnight.
(Thursday, 16:00 @1382626800)
12.814136Reading Gaol.Here overnight. Not actually in gaol!
(Saturday, 15:00 @1382796000)
8.93138Goring.Here overnight. [Waterway: River Thames]
(Sunday, 16:00 @1382889600)
11.76176Abingdon.Here till the 1st at the latest. The great storm of 2013 is due tomorrow morning.
(Thursday, 16:00 @1383235200)
6.35192Central Oxford.Here for a few days. [Waterway: Southern Oxford]
(Tuesday, 17:00 @1383670800)
5.14208Kidlington, near Oxford.Here for a week, unless I find a better mooring. Backed up to here due to the new draconian mooring restrictions at Thrupp.
(Monday, 14:00 @1384783200)
1.91222Baker's Lock, near Enslow.Here for a day or so. The river was on amber, but no problem for navigation.
(Thursday, 17:00 @1385053200)
5.76248Upper Heyford.Heyford Common Lock. Here till after the weekend. 3 reception here good, unlike further down.
(Monday, 14:00 @1385388000)
4.83273King's Sutton.Nell Bridge Lock. Here overnight or longer perhaps.
(Tuesday, 16:00 @1385481600)
3.92308Tramway Road, Banbury.Here for a fortnight.
(Monday, 12:00 @1386590400)
0.61308Castle Quay Shopping Centre, Banbury.On the moorings. Here overnight. Need a pumpout and fuel when Sovereign Wharf re‐opens tomorrow(?).
(Tuesday, 16:00 @1386691200)
4.34332Just below Broadmoor Lock, Cropredy.Here overnight. Update: Sovereign Wharf re‐opens in the spring!
(Wednesday, 15:00 @1386774000)
4.38377Fenny Compton.Here for a day or so.
(Saturday, 16:00 @1387036800)
4.12365Below Napton Lock (No. 15), Marston Doles.Here for a day or so.
(Monday, 15:00 @1387206000)
2.27323Bridge 110, Napton.Here for a day or so. Will be moving on once fuelled.
(Thursday, 17:00 @1387472400)
5.20318Willoughby Wharf, Braunston.Here overnight. On my way to some Christmas moorings in Rugby. A loose connection in the generator is giving me some trouble. [Waterway: North Oxford]
(Friday, 16:00 @1387555200)
7.53289Brinklow Marina, Brinklow.Here over Christmas2. At £10 per night (plus electricity at 15p per unit) & no price breaks under six‐months, won't be staying long.
Total:142.9 (min.)152

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